The Polaris Shortlist has been announced, so I’ll be going over each group in more detail over the next few days.  For right now, the list is as follows:

Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite

Metric – Synthetica

METZ – METZ

Purity Ring – Shrines

Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob

A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation

Whitehorse – The Fate Of The World Depends On This Kiss

Young Galaxy – Ultramarine

I’ll have more thoughts on each of these albums over the next little bit.  Stay tuned.  Or don’t.  I’m not your boss.